身み勝がっ手て

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Meanings

Describes a person or behavior that prioritizes one's own convenience or desires without regard for others. Often used critically.

彼かれの身み勝がっ手てな行こう動どうに周まわりは呆あきれている。
Everyone is fed up with his selfish behavior.
身み勝がっ手てな理り由ゆうで約やく束そくを破やぶるのはよくない。
It's not good to break a promise for selfish reasons.

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Usage patterns

身勝手みがってな〈人ひと〉〉a selfish person
彼かれはいつも身み勝がっ手てな人ひとだと言いわれる。
He's always said to be a selfish person.
身勝手みがってな行動こうどうを取とるto take selfish action
彼かの女じょは周まわりを考かんがえずに身み勝がっ手てな行こう動どうを取とった。
She acted selfishly without considering those around her.
身勝手みがってな言いい訳わけをするto make a selfish excuse
彼かれは身み勝がっ手てな言いい訳わけばかりする。
He always makes selfish excuses.
身勝手みがってに〈動詞どうし〉〉to do something selfishly
彼かれはいつも身み勝がっ手てに振ふる舞まう。
He always behaves selfishly.

Kanji

身somebody, person, one's station in life
勝victory, win, prevail
手hand

Related words· 6

自じ分ぶん勝かっ手て
自分勝手 is a slightly more colloquial synonym of 身勝手, both meaning selfish, though 身勝手 can sound a bit more formal or critical.
わがままN3
わがまま leans toward 'willful' or 'spoiled,' often for children, while 身勝手 stresses disregard for others' feelings.
利り己こ的てき
利己的 is a more formal, analytical term for putting one's own interest first, while 身勝手 is the everyday word used to criticize someone's selfish behavior.
独ひとりよがり
独りよがり emphasizes being self-satisfied or convinced one is right without considering others, whereas 身勝手 focuses on ignoring others' needs for one's own convenience.

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一いっ方ぽう的てき
身勝手 stresses selfish disregard for others' feelings, whereas 一方的 focuses on the imbalance of the interaction itself.
虫むしがいいN1
身勝手 is a plain adjective meaning 'self-centered', whereas 虫がいい is an idiomatic phrase specifically about making unreasonable demands on others.

Opposites

献けん身しん的てき
献身的 describes someone devoted to others' welfare, the opposite of 身勝手's focus on one's own convenience.

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身み+勝かっ手て

Etymology

Compound of 身 (oneself) and 勝手 (convenience, one's own way). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning 'prioritizing one's own convenience.'